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In our current economic spiral and with the holidays upon us, it is human nature to gravitate toward the discounts, clearance sales and brand name bargains that populate the papers, airwaves and ether. Hip ads on TV, pithy jingles on the radio, coupons in the dailies and pulsating banner ads online all beckon us to save, save, save yet spend, spend, spend.
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When we think of state government, it’s usually legislation, lawmakers and the various forms we have to periodically fill out and send to Montpelier that come to mind. The last thing we think of is art, and, yet, the Vermont State Capitol boasts an enormous bevy of paintings, photographs and sculptures that date back to 1837 when the Legislature voted, in a dramatic tie-breaker, to make its first art purchase: a portrait of George Washington by George Gassner.
On that day, elected officials unwittingly launched what would become an extraordinarily high-caliber, comprehensive and ongoing collection of more than 1,000 pieces of fine art that exemplify Vermont’s deep well of creative vision and prowess.
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Through the years, I’ve been to countless poetry readings by novices and literary titans alike, reciting original work and classics, from personal narratives in hushed bookstore corners and traditional iambic pentameter in venerated halls to haiku in Japanese gardens and hip-hop/slam events in smoky, low-lit clubs.
Regardless of style or setting, poetry readings always feel far more intimate to me than other types of public presentations. Unlike other literary forms, poetry is the distillation of innermost thoughts, inventive concepts and heartfelt observations down to their essential armature, with verses meticulously shaped and woven together into a hopefully potent, evocative series of moments, tones and images.
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Spectacle, experimental, physical, traditional. These are the various theatrical forms that actor and mask designer Kali Quinn, co-founder of GUTWorks Theater, recently used to describe the company’s highly acclaimed stage production, “This is the Place of Parting,” which will be performed throughout Windham County starting Aug. 29 at the Bellows Falls Opera House.
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It started out like any other dinner party: great food, stimulating conversation, familiar faces and a few new ones. In the middle of dessert, however, four young men who were visiting from Brooklyn got up from the table and formed a loose huddle a few feet away. They stared purposefully at one another — silent, serious, focused. Then they started clapping.
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In my younger days I was obsessed with the idea of the “bohemian.” Reading flagship Jack Kerouac novels “On the Road” and “The Subterraneans,” as well as the Beat poetry of Gregory Corso and Allen Ginsberg, immersed me in images of voluntarily downtrodden seekers carousing through urban streets at night, proclaiming their visions of reality to any who would listen — either through their art or simply through the way they lived their lives.
I held onto a youthful, romantic image of bohemian life, as if traditional urges and societal parameters — stable job, marriage, a sense of moderation — were cumbersome speed bumps on life’s highway, and a life truly lived was one filled with unpredictability, passion and constant expression. I held onto this notion for a long time — until, that is, I entered bohemian life myself on a non-college, non-”dabbling,” receive-a-paycheck-or-not sort of way.
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BENNINGTON — The Halloween season is coming to Bennington a little early this year with major events planned throughout the upcoming weekend.
On Saturday, the Bennington Pumpkin Challenge will see the event’s title take on a new meaning.
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While big things did not seem far from Sarah Wallis’ reach when she was playing the open mics I hosted at Sidelines just a few years back, I hardly expect to get a phone call out of the blue from her agent this past Monday.
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By PATRICK McARDLE RUTLAND HERALD STAFF
WEST PAWLET – The Woodchuck Festival and Firemen’s Games at Mettawee Community School provided family fun and benefited the West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department.
“It’s just a really great family day. There’s not much else going on in the winter so you can just bundle up, pull your boots on and come [...]
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This Friday, January 9, the Art Hop offers you more opportunities to hop around town and check out local musicians in local businesses. Saturday Kris and Peter Cady will perform as “Woodchucks Uncoupled,” at the Ball and Chain Cafe in Brandon.
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